Please do. Much as I'm used to traveling alone, I've found it's much more enjoyable with a companion or two. It also makes practice easier. I'll be facing six Pokémon at maximum level: that's what an Elite team is. As many Pokémon as possible, at the highest strength possible.

[If anything he seems pretty into the idea. It's a better test of his strength and strategy. There's a reason a lot of his Regular gym challenges involved purposefully hobbling himself to make them a challenge at all.

Unrelated to any of that, the ramen is here and it looks delicious. The little fishcakes are shaped like Poliwag. Precious.]